MARKET OPEN: NZ market may extend tentative rally

MARKET OPEN: NZ market may extend tentative rally
Rebecca Howard
The New Zealand share market may extend yesterday's tentative rally as investors eye the potential easing of lockdown restrictions early next week. The S&P/NZX 50 Index turned around a 1.5 percent decline yesterday to end up 0.3 percent. Investors were cheered by news there were no new covid-19 cases in New Zealand, that work is underway to create a trans-Tasman “bubble” and that alert level 2 could be in place by early next week. Further details about what level 2 will look like will be revealed on Thursday.  Sentiment, however, may c...

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